New Music Friday - October 27, 2023

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Essential Full-Length Releases

	Circus Devils - Squeeze the Needle Watch: "HERE WE ARE" Listen: "The Owl Presents…"
	katie dey - never falter hero girl Watch: "dawn service" Watch: "swallower"
	The Kills - God Games Watch: "103" Watch: "LA Hex"
	Poppy - Zig Watch: "Knockoff" Watch: "Motorbike"
	Shabazz Palaces - Robed in Rareness Watch: "Binoculars" (featuring Royce The Choice) Watch: "Woke Up in a Dream" (featuring Lil Tracy)

Other Full-Length Releases

DJ Shadow - Action Adventure Watch: "Ozone Scraper" Watch: "You Played Me"

Duran Duran - Danse Macabre Watch: "Danse Macabre" Watch: "PSYCHO KILLER" (featuring Victoria DeAngelis)

Flyte - Flyte Watch: "Speech Bubble" Listen: "Bedtime Reminder"

The Gaslight Anthem - History Books Watch: "History Books" (featuring Bruce Springsteen) Watch: "Autumn"

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - The Silver Cord Watch: "Theia” / “The Silver Cord” / “Set" Listen: "Gilgamesh"

the Mountain Goats - Jenny from Thebes Watch: "Clean Slate" Watch: "Fresh Tattoo"

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Bauhaus Stairs Watch: "Bauhaus Staircase" Watch: "Slow Train"

Wild Nothing - Hold Watch: "Headlights On" Watch: "Suburban Solutions"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Bruce Hornsby - Spirit Trail 25th Anniversary Edition Listen: "Living in the Sunshine" Listen: "Swan Song" (Live)

Cory Hanson - "Western Cum"/"I Can’t Keep My Eyes Open" Listen: "Western Cum" Listen: "I Can’t Keep My Eyes Open"

Courtney Barnett/Kurt Vile - "This Time of Night"/"Different Now" Listen: Courtney Barnett - "Different Now" Listen: Kurt Vile - "This Time of Night"

José González - Veneer Reissue Watch: "Hand on Your Heart" Watch: "Heartbeats"

Prince - Diamonds and Pearls Remaster Listen: "Alice Through the Looking Glass" Listen: "Insatiable" (Early Mix - Full Version)

Sigrid - The Hype Watch: "Ghost" Watch: "The Hype"

Superchunk - Misfits & Mistakes: Singles, B-sides & Strays 2007–2023 Listen: "February Punk" Listen: "I Hate History"

Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor’s Version) Watch: "Is It Over Now?" (Taylor’s Version) Watch: "Style" (Taylor’s Version)

New Music Friday - July 7, 2017

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Broken Social Scene - Hug of Thunder Hug of Thunder is the fifth album from this Canadian collective, which counts Kevin Drew, Emily Haines, and Amy Millan as members. The album came about following a spate of festival performances for the band from 2013 to 2015. They were inspired to "get the band back together", so to speak. Interestingly, the new album comes in around the same time that several of the band's members also have new solo records out, including Feist, Emily Haines, and Brendan Canning. Listen: "Halfway Home" Listen: "Hug of Thunder"

HAIM - Something to Tell You The Haim sisters broke out in 2013 with Days Are Gone. A good album, but not one that really blew me away. The early singles from this follow-up got me pretty excited for the record, which I think is better that their debut. The band re-entered the studio soon after completing their tour for Days and worked with a great set of producers, George Lewis Jr. (Twin Shadow), BloodPop, Rostam, Ariel Rechtshaid, and themselves! Watch: "Want You Back" Listen: "Right Now"

This Is the Kit - Moonshine Freeze This Is the Kit is Kate Stables, who released her debut album, Krulle Bol, in 2008. Moonshine Freeze is her fourth record. She has always worked with a wide variety of musicians on her albums. Her follow-up to 2015's Bashed Out sees the return of The National's Aaron Dessner providing guitar and piano. Listen: "Bullet Proof"

Toro Y Moi - Boo Boo Boo Boo comes just two years after Chaz Bundick's last record as Toro Y Moi, What For?. It's not his first release this year. In March, he teamed up with The Mattson 2 as Chaz Bundick Meets the Mattson 2 for Star Stuff. The new album under his most well-known moniker was inspired by a variety of other artists, including Travis Scott and Daft Punk, and was made to help Bundick deal with his own growing popularity. Watch: "Omaha" Watch: "You and I"

Other Full-Length Releases

Mark Kozelek & Sean Yeaton - Yellow Kitchen Listen: "The Reasons I Love You" Listen: "Time to Destination"

Pawns - The Gallows Listen: "Damascus" Listen: "The Cross"

Sarah Jaffe - Bad Baby Watch: "Bad Baby" Listen: "Synthetic Love"

Tristen - Sneaker Waves Watch: "Glass Jar" (featuring Jenny Lewis) Watch: "Got Some"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

DJ Shadow - The Mountain Has Fallen Watch: "Systematic" (featuring Nas) Watch: "Corridors" (featuring Steven Price)

Olga Bell - America Watch: "Special Leave" Listen: "America"

So Many Singing: A Compilation to Benefit Immigrant Rights Listen: Half Waif - "Cary"

New Music Friday - June 24, 2016

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Essential Full-Length Releases

Broods - Conscious Broods is a duo out of New Zealand who released their first album, Evergreen, in 2014. On their second album, they get some help from some other pop superstars; including Tove Lo and fellow New Zealander Lorde, who co-wrote one of the album's singles, "Heartlines." Watch: "Free" Watch: "Heartlines"

Deerhoof - The Magic Deerhoof has always enticed fans with their experimental noise pop sound. They began to scale that back a bit over the past couple of albums, opting for a simpler sound, but never straying far from what they've become known for. They take it back another notch on this record, looking to the music they listened to as kids for inspiration. Of course, they have different backgrounds with members from both the States and Japan. The result is bound to still recall a variety of styles and genres. Watch: "Criminals of the Dream" Watch: "Debut"

Delorean - Muzik Delorean's music has always had elements of dance music to, though they still primarily used guitars in their work. Their latest album, which follows 2013's Apar, abandons guitars almost completely. Instead, they incorporate synths and rely more on Ekhi Lopetegi's vocals. Watch: "Crystal" Watch: "Muzik"

Nice as Fuck - Nice as Fuck Nice as Fuck (also known as NAF or Nice as F***) is Jenny Lewis' latest project since the end of Rilo Kiley five years; she previously released a solo album, The Voyager, in 2014. Her new band also includes Erika Forster of Au Revoir Simone and Tennessee Thomas of The Like. The debut album was surprise-released following a few performances in the earlier part of the year. Watch: "Door" Listen: "Guns"

Other Full-Length Releases

The Avett Brothers - True Sadness Watch: "Ain’t No Man" Listen: "True Sadness"

DJ Shadow - The Mountain Will Fall Watch: "Nobody Speak" (featuring Run the Jewels) Watch: "The Mountain Will Fall"

Marian Hill - ACT ONE Watch: "I Want You" Watch: "I Know Why"

Mick Harvey - Delirium Tremens Watch: "Dont Say a Thing (Ne Dis Rien)" (featuring Xanthe Waite) Listen: "A Violent Poison Thats What Love Is"

River Tiber - Indigo Watch: "West" (featuring Daniel Caesar) Listen: "Acid Test"

Singles, EPs, Soundtracks, etc.

Alt-J - Live at Red Rocks Watch: "Left Hand Free"

Jay Som - "I Think You’re Alright"/"Rush" Listen: "I Think You’re Alright" Listen: "Rush"

Jim O’Rourke & Fennesz - It’s Hard for Me to Say I’m Sorry Listen: "I Just Want You to Stay" Listen: "Wouldn’t Wanna Be Swept Away"

Lion Babe - Sun Joint Listen: "Endless Summer" Listen: "Rain Drums"

Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On Listen: "What’s Going On" (featuring BJ the Chicago Kid)

Tyondai Braxton - Oranged Out EP Watch: "Oranged Out"